Top Stories published by misinfosec in 2018

Who handles misinformation outbreaks?

Misinformation attacks— the deliberate and sustained creation and amplification of false information at scale — are a problem. Some of them start as jokes (the ever-present street sharks in disasters) or attempts to push an agenda (e.g. right-wing brigading); some…


We’re not at war — we’re just doing infosec

I read three connected things today: the digital Maginot line, about how we’ve been in a digital “warm war’ for the past few years, why influence matters in the spread of misinformation, and are ads really that bad?.